1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18, 19 and 20 August.

Medalists

Gold	Paweł Januszewski
Silver	Ruslan Mashchenko
Bronze	Fabrizio Mori

Results

Round 1

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			49.00	Q, SB
2	3			49.15	Q
3	3			49.16	Q, PB
4	3			49.22	q, PB
5	1			49.28	Q
6	2			49.47	Q, SB
7	2			49.57	Q
8	1			49.58	Q, SB
9	2			49.63	Q
10	3			49.74	q, PB
11	3			49.88	q, NR
12	3			49.92	q, PB
13	1			49.96	Q
14	2			50.04
15	4			50.30	Q
16	1			50.39
17	1			50.44
18	2			50.54
19	4			50.57	Q
20	4			50.58	Q
21	2			50.59
22	1			50.91
23	4			50.94
24	4			50.97
25	4			51.06
26	2			51.11
27	4			51.36
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Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			48.64	Q
2	2			48.90	Q, NR
3	1			48.98	Q, SB
4	1			49.06	Q, SB
5	2			49.26	Q, SB
6	2			49.34	Q
7	1			49.39	q
8	2			49.56	q
9	1			49.69
10	2			49.72
11	1			50.34
12	2			50.39
13	2			51.12
14	1			57.77
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			48.17	NR
			48.25
			48.71
4			49.02
5			49.10	SB
6			49.15
7			50.51
8			50.94

References

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